MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE MEETING
Weald Squash
club
01/05/07
MINUTES
Present: Paul Millman (PM) (Chair),
Simon Tunley (ST) (Secretary), Fiona Western (FW), Mike Tonge (MT), Ian
Robinson (IR), Jenny Wagg (JW)
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1. Apologies for absence Justyn Price (JP), Chris Markham (CM), Karl
Manning (KM) and John Parr (JP) 2. Minutes of previous meeting/Matters Arising The minutes from the
27/02/07 were accepted as an accurate record.
ST to chase up when the junior county closed is and who will be running
it. ST has since called Tim Vail and he confirms a date is still to be
confirmed in September and Tim will continue to run the event. ST to confirm
still with Naomi Duthie what’s happening with the junior girls county squads.
ST stated he had been in dialogue with ND for a while on this but as yet no
progress has been made. Since meeting ST has spoken to ND who states she is
still keen to take on the role, however she has still not confirmed a date
for the first squad session. ST has offered the university as a venue and
help with the coaching. IR mentioned Hannah Rice-Davies as a potential coach
who could also help. Contact details from FW have been forwarded to ND. ND to
confirm her plans ASAP. . 3. Website KM could not attend but sent email stating
he had not heard back from Andrew Eade concerning query on the ghosting rule. On the website KM was planning over the
summer to: Move system to a more reliable server; improve functionality of
ghost player rule; improve functionality of Es grading statistics option and
consider having the facility of an integrated ranking list for all players
across both Sussex and Hampshire; allowing internal league results to be
entered onto system so non league players could have a ranking; simplify the
set up needed for new counties wishing to use the system. He hopes that all
these tweaks will make the system more attractive to other counties to
purchase. KM mentioned he still had concerns on the
fixture generation function, which he may need to resolve. Committee thanked KM for his continued work
on the system. ST agreed to contact Zena Wooldridge again
about linking the ES grading with our system. 4.
Senior/Junior
County Closed Since meeting Richard Rogers from Middleton has confirmed they will
run the event again in 2007/08, but has suggested moving it to February.
ST/PM confirmed this made sense although needed to ensure it did not clash
with other England Squash Events. Junior closed see point 2 above. 5.
Hon. Treasurer’s report JP sent through up to date balances of the accounts
and was keen to get feedback on a replacement for him. The committee still
had concerns on finding someone to take on JP’S role in the future. PM
mentioned if KM might be able to manage the spreadsheets in the future. In
the interim PM asked ST to see if JP can prepare the budget for 07/08 based
on last years figures. A budget for junior development was agreed following
the meeting to be £2,000 and for the newsletter £500 The
committee approved payment of the
£1000 invoice towards the Community Squash Coach. The committee agreed
to this on the basis it was imperative to support the development side. ST
has confirmed this with JP. 6.
Senior and Junior League Reports/ Knock
Out Cups CM unfortunately could not make the meeting due to illness; however
there seemed to be no major issues to report. He had received an email from
Phil Ayton, ST suggested a more severe punishment should be given to those teams
that do not fulfil their fixtures i.e. minus 20 points and the inability to
get promotion. MT stated that other teams do play on Saturdays as well, so it
was a difficult one to call, however the distance travelled does play a
part!! The committee agreed these issues needed to be finalised at the
fixture meeting on the 31st May. FW said she wanted to bring back 3 divisions for the ladies leagues
next year due to the widening gap in playing standards. She also confirmed
she wanted to go to 4 player teams, to try and ensure fixtures were
fulfilled. The down side of the changes would mean less fixtures for some
teams especially in div 1, although the committee agreed that the potential 4
clubs could play against each other four times in a season to ensure they got
regular matches. FW confirmed she would run the KO cup again but ensure it
was started early to get the fixtures played. Junior leagues had gone well. JW asked if we could buy winner and
runner up plaques for each division/age group. ST agreed to sort out.
Discussions were had on the future format of the leagues. JW suggested using
the rankings option similar to the senior league format, however the
committee felt we should keep to the same format as this season but go to
four person teams. JW mentioned the option of running more junior tournaments
throughout the season. Discussions were had about having an east and west
festival led by John Millard and MT. 7.
England Squash have put
forward the suggestion of having a 0’60’s county league as well as a
racketball league. The committee felt both were an option for Tim Vail sent an email
about his concerns with attendance at junior boys squad training, as some
players had never turned up. He suggested that if a player missed more than
two squad sessions they would be dropped from playing for the county; he also
suggested that players should pay in advance at the start of the season for
their training, which would help with attendance. The committee felt TV should
speak to the parents first on the issue of dropping players, although they
agreed on the paying of fees up front. See point 2 for update
on junior girls. 8.
Junior
Development . MT confirmed that John
Millard the Community Squash Coach had sent through an email outlining what
he had been doing in the last few months. He had held a number of school
taster days and festivals link with Bognor, Cooden , Bexhill and Weald squash clubs. MT
suggested we should continue to support John’s role. MT stated a level 1
coaching course was held at the MT mentioned he had
discussions with Justyn Price the South East Area Manager about funding. JP
had asked MT to do an audit of clubs in MT
confirmed he had made links with 9.
IR stated there was no
real news. PM asked if anyone could attend the AGM in 10.
Newsletter FW showed committee first draft of the newsletter.
She requested confirmation of the budget and it was agreed that £500 seemed
reasonable for two editions of 500 copies. The committee also agreed it did
look better in colour. ST agreed to get a price, as would FW based on getting
the best deal. Committee agreed that county closed dates needed to be
included see points 2 and 4. PM stated that it was important we highlighted
the great successes of all the county teams this season. FW planned to hand out at the fixture
meeting on the 31st May. 11. A.O.B Date for next committee
meeting the 11th September 2007at the Weald SC. ST to book. Fixture meeting to be
held on the 31st May 2007 at AGM to be held on the 7th
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